[mdlug] New Debian Install

Mat Enders mat.enders at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 23:51:46 EDT 2012


Yes Tony now that you mention that I do remember that issue I will
give it a sot tomorrow.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Tony Bemus <tony at bemushosting.com> wrote:
> Try rebooting the gateway, i remember you having that problem before when some devices can açcess the internet and others cant
>
> Mat Enders <mat.enders at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I am not using the dhcp server on the Netopia device from AT&T I have my own dhcp server running on the network.
>>Mat Enders from my BlackBerry®
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: "Stan Green" <Stan at MComputerSolutions.com>
>>Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 22:57:57
>>To: 'Mat Enders'<mat.enders at gmail.com>
>>Reply-To: <Stan at MComputerSolutions.com>
>>Subject: RE: [mdlug] New Debian Install
>>
>>Mat,
>>
>>I never figured it out, as I move the machine to another location, but I
>>think it has something to do with the DHCP server they have running in the
>>AT&T hardware. I now have a Debain 6 running in a VM so maybe I'll play with
>>it someday.
>>
>>Stan
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Mat Enders [mailto:mat.enders at gmail.com]
>>Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:52 PM
>>To: Stan at mcomputersolutions.com; MDLUG's Main discussion list
>>Subject: Re: [mdlug] New Debian Install
>>
>>Stan I am on an AT&T DSL line i do not understand why that would matter as
>>everything internal works except pinging the gateway and I can not get out
>>out at all.
>>
>>On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Stan Green <Stan at mcomputersolutions.com>
>>wrote:
>>> Matt,
>>>
>>> I had the same issue, but only on an AT&T DSL. It looks like the new
>>> Debian (even Lenny is acting strange) does not work well with DCHP on
>>> AT&T networks. I switched to static IP and DNS names and the system
>>> was fine. I then move the system to another non-AT&T network, switched
>>> back to DHCP and all was fine.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Stan
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Mat Enders
>>> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:30 PM
>>> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
>>> Subject: [mdlug] New Debian Install
>>>
>>> Here is a stumper.  I just completed a brand new installation of
>>> Debian, during installation it could not reach the repositories so
>>> only a base installation was completed.
>>>
>>> I am logged directly into the machine not via ssh.  Network appears to
>>> have configured correctly via dhcp.
>>>
>>> ifconfig says I have the correct network address route -n shows the
>>> correct gateway resolv.conf shows the correct DNS servers
>>>
>>> from another machine on the network I can ping the gateway and
>>> www.google.com from the new install attempting to ping the gateway
>>> destination host unreachable and for Google it says unknown host
>>>
>>> I can ssh into the machine via its IP address and I can ssh into other
>>> machines on the network via their IP address
>>>
>>> I am stumped any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mathew E. Enders
>>>
>>> "Where once Samba and Apache sold Linux to the world they are now just
>>> part of the plumbing.  But that's OK, plumbers make good money."
>>> --Jeremy Allison
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>>
>>--
>>Mathew E. Enders
>>
>>"Where once Samba and Apache sold Linux to the world they are now just part
>>of the plumbing.  But that's OK, plumbers make good money."
>>--Jeremy Allison
>>
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Mathew E. Enders

"Where once Samba and Apache sold Linux to the world they are now just
part of the plumbing.  But that's OK, plumbers make good money."
--Jeremy Allison



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